It’s been almost a year since I started shifting to a different state of mind. 🙌🏻 It all started when I lost track of when I started focusing more than ten hours a day on work. For a long time I felt excited every time I took on more freelancing projects on top of my full-time job; so, it became normal to be in front … Continue reading The Art of Staying Still to Move Forward
Do you remember the time when notebooks and pencils used to be the essential tools for students? When, after school, they would go out to play with their neighbours? They dreamed of becoming teachers, firefighters, doctors, engineers, or anything that didn’t involve collecting followers. People took photos using cameras and not phones. There were no such things as likes, tags, or mentions. And constant notifications … Continue reading Oh the basics!
I remember when in History class I learned about the Roman Empire collapse. For some reason, today’s world situation reminds me of it. The more I look at what we’re going through as humanity, the more I keep thinking this might be the end of an era. History is cyclical; that’s for sure. Therefore, the recent (heartbreaking) events shouldn’t surprise us. However, listening to speeches … Continue reading It’s always (damn) cyclical
After a concert, a loud party, a discussion, or an argument, don’t you value silence as pure gold? Recently I’ve been focusing on the silent moments in my daily life, and I’ve discovered that sometimes, I avoid them. And by silence, I mean the absence of noise my ears can pick up and the million things my eyes see. Everything that pushes us away from our inner … Continue reading Just shhh!
Have you ever felt while interacting with someone, they aren’t really listening to you? Instead, it seems they catch some of your words, grasp the idea, and then say whatever comment crosses their minds. This isn’t new, but it has started to infuriate me. I thought I was too dull to chat with, but the truth is, no! I’m like any other person, I don’t … Continue reading The art of listening
I still remember the day I said: “I want to live in Canada and work in my field”. I was confident my English would improve soon enough to get a job in this industry that is about being a TOTAL PRO in the writing and speaking departments. The interesting part is that dreaming is as frequent as having to deal with the impostor syndrome. For … Continue reading My brain says: on it!
This morning I was thinking about something I need to pick up from the dry cleaner, something pretty ordinary for anyone anywhere, right? Well, it turns out this is not always as mundane as it could be, at least not for me. We’re about to celebrate our fourth anniversary in Canada, and although the pandemic years don’t count as regular years, settling down has been … Continue reading The dry cleaner
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